CDC reveals marketing plan to create high demand for the flu vaccine

(NaturalHealth365) A presentation has surfaced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that lifts the veil on the agency’s ongoing plan to create profitable demand for the flu vaccine. In it, a then-spokesperson for the CDC says the agency is working to “foster the perception that many people are susceptible to a bad case of influenza.”

A carefully orchestrated plan of deception

The CDC’s drive to instill fear and panic among the public in an effort to entice individuals to get flu shots was brought to light in a 2004 presentation to the American Medical Association (AMA) by Glen Nowak, the agency’s former communications director for its National Immunization Program. In the prepared presentation, Nowak boldly describes what he refers to as a “recipe” for fostering vaccine demand.

What is noticeably missing from the presentation is any mention of the flu vaccine’s benefits. Instead, Nowak focuses on ways of manipulating perception of the flu threat.

Nowak goes on to discuss the need for predicting dire outcomes, in hopes of influencing mainstream media. He also recommends using phrases like “very severe” to describe the flu season in ways that make it appear to be worse than previous flu seasons.

Inaccurate flu statistics used to increase profits for big pharma

The CDC likes to volley around numbers like 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths each year from the flu. A closer look at how these numbers are generated, however, reveals that patients suffering from flu are counted right along with those suffering from pneumonia, non-flu respiratory conditions, and even heart conditions, leading to greatly inflated numbers.

But that isn’t the only evidence of number manipulation. A closer look at the agency’s flu season analysis from 2012-13, for example, reveals that it used data on influenza hospitalizations from the Emerging Infections Program (EIP). However, because the EIP only attributes hospitalizations to influenza when a flu diagnosis has been confirmed, the CDC labels the EIP’s numbers “underreporting.” It then uses a multiplier of 2.7 to achieve what it deems as a more accurate picture of the situation. In other words, for every one confirmed diagnosis of flu, the CDC multiples it by nearly three before posting its numbers.

The CDC stretches figures further regarding deaths from the flu. While the CDC typically reports that 36,000 Americans die each year from the flu, the true number is just 500 deaths. The CDC is likely including people who died from pneumonia as well, most of whom suffer from conditions having nothing to do with influenza.

Understanding the motives behind the lies

There are obvious ways in which the government is closely tied to big pharma, such as political contributions and lobbying efforts. But what you may not realize is that the CDC also stands to gain monetarily from each vaccination given through excise tax.

Ironically, the tax money collected from every vaccination is then used to fund the “vaccine court,” which was created to allow pharmaceutical companies to walk away from any wrongdoing while the government picks up the tab for any U.S. citizen damaged by a vaccine.

The program has already paid out well over $2 billion since 1989. Beyond the CDC, state and local governments also share a piece of the pie through other taxes collected for every American willing to jump in line to get their flu shot.

Choosing a healthier alternative

If you are still concerned about the flu, there are natural alternatives that are more effective in dealing with the flu. One of the most important of these is the use of vitamin C.

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haven’t had the flu since I started taking vitamin C. Or even a cold. I’m 62 and eat right and exercise.

Greta Reed

Why do they want to create high demand, could it be they want the public to stay healthy? I doubt it.

If you read any of the pharmaceutical journals you would see they spend nothing on research and development of drugs for conditions that would not turn a profit.

Dorris Hensley

They tie the flu shot with the pneumonia vaccine. They are really up selling by doing that. I already have seen this time and time again.

I have heard the practitioner say you may as well take the pneumonia vaccine since you are here getting the flu shot.

Luccim

I heard Pharma needs to increase vaccine revenue because a lot of brand drugs are coming off patent.

Christy

These are Nowak’s credentials: “Dr. Nowak received his B.S. in 1982 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with majors in both economics and communications. He continued his studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he subsequently earned an M.A. degree in journalism (1987) and a Ph.D. in the field of mass communications (1990).”. Not one single degree regarding health or well being of patients or even science for that matter. If you’re gonna push a vaccine or medicine, shouldn’t you at least have some knowledge of medicine at an expert level? We are taking recommendations for health care from a mass communications expert? Hmmmm….